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Mad Max's Midseason Report

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Allen Barra and

Allen St. John Special to The Wall Street Journal

Updated Oct. 9, 1997 7:06 p.m. ET

The college football season is closing in on the midpoint, so we asked our computer, Mad Max, for a few "the-story-thus-far" scripts. He obliged with three: "Monster Matchup"; "Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen"; and "The More Things Change."

Monster Matchup. Ohio State at Penn State Saturday is the season's second-biggest game so far (after Florida-Tennessee Sept. 20, won by Florida, 33-20), with national-title ramifications in the balance. The Buckeyes (No. 4 in Max's rating) are...